Winter Olympics Thread...aka 2010-2011 FIS thread

[HarveyWallbangers]

I guess if you win a gold, you get to be a bit of a diva.

Kind of funny since Mancuso is said to be the diva of the US women's team. People have compared her to Bode Miller. She does everything she can to not be part of the team--whereas Vonn is the hard working team player. That's said to have caused some animosity between the two.

By the way:

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/At-low-point-Lindsey-Vonn-takes-the-high-road?urn=oly,220818

At low point, Lindsey Vonn takes the high road

Immediately after the race, Vonn spoke of being too aggressive in trying to shave off time to catch Germany's Maria Riesch. She said she knew she had to attack the course if she wanted to win gold. There was no mention of skiing for silver because, one could guess, Lindsey Vonn didn't come to the Olympics to finish second.

The shin came up, as it always does. Vonn said it was "killing" and wondered if she was too aggressive in light of the injury. That suggestion only came up after she was asked though. On her daily update on her Facebook page, Vonn didn't mention the injury once.

[HarveyWallbangers]

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/alpine_skiing/news?slug=cr-mancuso021810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Suddenly, Vonncouver is feeling a little like Vancuso.

And it couldn’t be a more riveting tug of wills, with Vonn and Mancuso having been close friends early in their ski careers, but now managing a much cooler, prickly rivalry. And like all rivalries, it features two opposing characters, with clashing ideologies grasping for their portion of the spotlight. Vonn is the sweet, pretty, wholesome one. The one with massive expectations, who sat out the Opening Ceremony while nursing an injured shin and baking banana bread in her condo. Mancuso is the feistier, wilder surfer chick who hawks an underwear line called “Kiss My Tiara.” The one who arrived in Vancouver with almost no expectations, and was slightly late for Opening Ceremony because she was playing a last-minute game of “Dance Dance Revolution” in the athletes’ Olympic Village.

In general, they are viewed differently inside the U.S. skiing family. Mancuso is seen as a freer, defiant spirit, cut from a cloth that is something similar to the enigmatic Bode Miller. Vonn is thought to be the harder working one, the master of her craft, and the good soldier in the U.S. program...

And both have taken swipes at each other in the past for the way they prepare for skiing greatness. Vonn has shown some disdain for Mancuso using a private bus rather than traveling with the U.S. team in Europe, and for dryland training away from the program. On the other side, Mancuso has talked about Vonn’s approach to skiing being too analytical and boring.

In the article, Mancuso complains about the rules allowing men's skis. I guess when she complains, it's no big deal. When Vonn does it, she's deserves scorn.

[Scott Campbell]

Kind of funny since Mancuso is said to be the diva of the US women's team. People have compared her to Bode Miller.

I remember her getting crap for wearing a tiara to some ski event.

[Scott Campbell]

I think they're both good for each other, and good for the sport. Maybe B could get them to jello wrestle for us after the Olympics.

[red]

oh man, sucks to be this lady

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Video-French-skier-falls-five-seconds-into-down?urn=oly,220613

[Scott Campbell]

Bode won another silver today.


Miller's fourth career Olympic medal makes him the most decorated American Alpine skier in history and came on his daughter's second birthday.

[Scott Campbell]

Boneheaded snowboarder leaves games:

http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/snowboarding/news/story?id=4929283

[pbmax]

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/alpine_skiing/news?slug=cr-mancuso021810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Suddenly, Vonncouver is feeling a little like Vancuso.

And it couldn’t be a more riveting tug of wills, with Vonn and Mancuso having been close friends early in their ski careers, but now managing a much cooler, prickly rivalry. And like all rivalries, it features two opposing characters, with clashing ideologies grasping for their portion of the spotlight. Vonn is the sweet, pretty, wholesome one. The one with massive expectations, who sat out the Opening Ceremony while nursing an injured shin and baking banana bread in her condo. Mancuso is the feistier, wilder surfer chick who hawks an underwear line called “Kiss My Tiara.” The one who arrived in Vancouver with almost no expectations, and was slightly late for Opening Ceremony because she was playing a last-minute game of “Dance Dance Revolution” in the athletes’ Olympic Village.

In general, they are viewed differently inside the U.S. skiing family. Mancuso is seen as a freer, defiant spirit, cut from a cloth that is something similar to the enigmatic Bode Miller. Vonn is thought to be the harder working one, the master of her craft, and the good soldier in the U.S. program...

And both have taken swipes at each other in the past for the way they prepare for skiing greatness. Vonn has shown some disdain for Mancuso using a private bus rather than traveling with the U.S. team in Europe, and for dryland training away from the program. On the other side, Mancuso has talked about Vonn’s approach to skiing being too analytical and boring.

In the article, Mancuso complains about the rules allowing men's skis. I guess when she complains, it's no big deal. When Vonn does it, she's deserves scorn.

Congratulations to Miller for his Silver. I remember when it was a flat upset for an American to get any medal in the Olympics in Alpine Skiing.

Vonn was on the radio today and she was none too shy about the pecking order of her rooting interests and rivals. Asked if she couldn't win the Gold in an event to pick between Mancuso and her friend on the German team (I think her best friend is on the German team), she picked the German first before saying she would still root for the American team and Mancuso.

She was also asked about the relationship with her father, from whom she is apparently estranged. She said he had not changed and that they had not communicated at all during the Olympics. It was a little strange, since earlier this week I saw a news piece on her Grandparents in Milton. They were watching from their home. During the interview, Vonn stated that her mother's family was with her in Vancouver. So he father's side of the family would seem to be from Milton, WI.

[Freak Out]

I think they're both good for each other, and good for the sport. Maybe B could get them to jello wrestle for us after the Olympics.

They are both hot......and badass on the hill. I'd pay to lick jello off their bodies.....I'd pay for Bretsky as well.

They have the right to be diva's right now.

[Joemailman]

Bretsky prefers caramel.

[Freak Out]

That was a hell of a Super G today.

[MJZiggy]

Sigh. I only turned it on in time to see the last wipeout and then they went to ice dancing so I went to bed.

[red]

Sigh. I only turned it on in time to see the last wipeout and then they went to ice dancing so I went to bed.

yeah, they need to put the ice dancing and figure skating on the bravo channel or the WE channel where it belongs

[MJZiggy]

I don't mind the figure skating, at least there they have some jumping and cool stuff, (and if anyone knows the snarky comments the Russian dude made, I haven't seen them yet) but through the two routines I made it through before giving up, all they did was skate in circles and lift their leg. My neighbor's dog does that and I wonder where they find boys who actually want to do ice dancing...

[Scott Campbell]

................... I wonder where they find boys who actually want to do ice dancing...

I'd give it a shot.